This is an analysis of the poem To Resignation that begins with:
MAID of the placid smile and heav'nly mien,
With beaming eye, tho' tearful yet serene;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeeff bbgghhcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1001011101 0101110101 11110101010 0110010101 1111110111 1101010101 1110010111 1101011101 0101110101 0101010111 1101111101 1001110111 0101110101 1011010101 11010010101 0111010101 1111010101 1101010101 1001011101 1111011101 1011011101 0101110111
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 489
- Average number of words per stanza: 84
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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